Word: groups
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Quoth the Conference: "The position and mutual relations of the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions may be readily defined. They are autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status and in no way subordinate one to the other in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations...
...Ravinia is Louis Eckstein's chief active occupation.* Nineteen years ago he snatched it from a group of directors who wanted to turn it into an ordinary amusement park. Concerts had proved unprofitable but Eckstein was determined. The second year of his administration he engaged the Chicago Symphony for ten weeks. Excerpts from operas were included in the programs, became increasingly popular. Important members of the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera Companies were engaged. They liked to be invited to Ravinia. Last autumn Bori received a cable asking her to sing this spring at London's Covent Garden...
...Rockefeller scheme languished. Last week Manhattan heard that Mr. Rockefeller had been persuaded that his grand opera ideal was "too aristocratic," that he was now planning four centres of mass entertainment on his site, four theatres to house respectively Legitimate Drama, Vaudeville, Cinema and Television. A $200,000,000 group of buildings was described, centering around three skyscrapers. Manhattan's masses awaited confirmation from Mr. Rockefeller's reputed collaborators-Radio- Keith-Orpheum, National Broadcasting Co.. Radio Corporation of America...
...Phelps Taft once generously provided. Now there are no outstanding self-sacrificing patrons who can compare with Chicago's Insull or Ravinia's Eckstein. Last year there was a deficit of $27,000 which might have been avoided if seats had been filled at every performance. A group of businessmen salvaged the situation then but Manager Miller was unable to find 50 patrons who would organize to ensure the Zoo's future for five years. Unless the Cincinnati public shows a decided increase in interest Zoo opera is in peril of its life...
Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corp. of Baltimore was a worthy "orphan" company rich in engineering talent and sales ability, poor in cash. North American Aviation, Inc. of New York is a holding company, affiliated with the potent Curtiss-Keys group, whose subsidiaries include Sperry Gyroscope Co., Eastern Air Transport (formerly Pitcairn), Ford Instrument Co. Last week "orphan" B-J won a secure home and assured backing for aircraft development by accepting a stock exchange offered by North American. Many a B-J engineer, including Vice President Temple N. Joyce, is a former Curtiss...